Counter-Strike

Developed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe as a Half-Life mod, Counter-Strike IP was bought by Valve, who transformed it into a global powerhouse and a rock-solid standard by which all shooters are eventually measured.

Counter-Strike Articles

Fnatic and Furia set new world record for CS:GO on DreamHack Masters Malmo

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During DreamHack Masters, Fnatic have defeated Furia 34-32 on Overpass map to set to the world record in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for the longest played map between tier-one teams.

Mousesports sweep away Evil Geniuses from Dreamhack Malmo Masters

photo showing Evil Geniuses team on DreamHack

Mousesports have eliminated Evil Geniuses at Dreamhack Malmo Masters today. The ESL One New York champions go home without a single map win as frozen and woxic dominate.

ESL and Dreamhack launch Counter-Strike: GO ESL Pro Tour

ESL and Dreamhack have announced the world's biggest and most lucrative Counter-Strike: Global Offensive circuit so far - the new ESL Pro Tour. The circuit will span all the continents and comes with a prize pool exceeding $5 million.

Valve tweaking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive loot boxes in France

Valve recently revealed that they'll be tweaking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive loot box mechanics in France. They will be introducing the X-ray scanner, or in other words, players will get to see items hidden in any container.

Counter-Strike turns 20, Valve celebrate with retro Dust II

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Since its inception in 1999 Counter-Strike has become almost synonymous with first-person shooters, especially those of the competitive variety. To celebrate its 20th birthday, Valve have made the classic Dust II available in CS:GO.

CS:GO records more than 20 million players in December

CS:GO went free to play and added a new battle royale mode recently, which led to a record-breaking 20 million player-count in December. These numbers are the highest ever recorded and more than double when compared to November's numbers.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has a Portal Easter egg

Players who gave Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's new battle royale mode a try have come across a strange broadcast message that got many players expecting a new Portal announcement, although Valve insist that it's just a bit of fun.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive getting review-bombed on Steam

Terrorists are protesting against something on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's dust map.

The decision to make Counter-Strike: Global Offensive free to play doesn't seem to be sitting well with the game's existing playerbase, who have been review-bombing the game's Steam page with more than 22,000 negative reviews since.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive goes f2p and gets battle royale

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has officially sailed into free to play waters and not only that - Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment's game also got a battle royale component called Danger Zone, which offers solo, duo and three-man play.

CS:GO pro team disqualified after one member was caught hacking

Team OpTic India has been disqualified from a LAN event, eXTREMELAND ZOWIE Asia, held in Shanghai, due to one of their players using hacks. Nikhil “forsaken” Kumawat first cheated and then attempted to delete the evidence of doing so.

Genshin Impact update 2.2 banner characters apparently revealed?11

Genshin Impact update 2.2 banner characters apparently revealed?

Banner re-runs have recently become pretty common in the world of Genshin Impact. A recent leak revealed that we might get the chance to pull for Hu Tao or Childe.

Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Edition reportedly leaks online11

Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Edition reportedly leaks online

Resident Evil 3 "Director's Cut" named Nemesis Edition is reportedly a real thing and could be announced at Tokyo Games Show 2021 later this month.

Pathfinder: WotR Conundrum Unsolved puzzle solution and it's not bugged11

Pathfinder: WotR Conundrum Unsolved puzzle solution and it's not bugged

One of the puzzles in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous that may seem bugged resides in Conundrum Unsolved location but here is the solution and reasons why it's not.

Destiny 2: Hawkmoon quest not appearing? Here is what you need to do11

Destiny 2: Hawkmoon quest not appearing? Here is what you need to do

Bungie released Hawkmoon recently but you may not see the Exotic Quest in Spider's Dialogue. This is because you need to complete some requirements first.

Pathfinder: WotR location of Storyteller in Drezen11

Pathfinder: WotR location of Storyteller in Drezen

Storyteller is quite useful in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, which is probably why you're trying to find him in the city, even though he's not necessarily there.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Gray Garrison puzzle solution11

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Gray Garrison puzzle solution

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous features several brain teasers but here is a solution to an early one, in case you want to mostly bypass it.

Genshin Impact update 2.2 will apparently bring two banner re-runs11

Genshin Impact update 2.2 will apparently bring two banner re-runs

A recent tweet from a credible Genshin Impact leaker has revealed that we might get two banner re-runs in the upcoming update 2.2. Thoma will apparently be the only new character.

Genshin Impact: new character Thoma has been officially revealed11

Genshin Impact: new character Thoma has been officially revealed

The official Genshin Impact social media accounts have finally posted about the long-awaited Pyro polearm user Thoma. He has already made an appearance during the Genshin Impact 2.0 update events.

Genshin Impact: Yae Miko release date has apparently been leaked11

Genshin Impact: Yae Miko release date has apparently been leaked

With all the recent leaks about many Genshin Impact characters, we have decided to extract all of the information there currently is about one of the upcoming characters - Yae Miko.

Pathfinder: WotR - Core of the Riddle solution and slab location11

Pathfinder: WotR - Core of the Riddle solution and slab location

Core of the Riddle is another puzzle in the chain for the Heart of Mystery and here is all you need to know to continue adventuring in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.